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SC seeks CBI's status report on Manipur violence; asks Centre, state to implement panel's report
To this, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said, "Nobody can oppose what Grover is saying. The v...
SC extends deadline by a month; asks HP govt, SEC to hold local bodies polls by May 31
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi took note of the plea filed by the principal sec...
Supreme Court Directs Expedited Hearing in Kuldeep Singh Sengar's Appeal
Supreme Court urges Delhi High Court to prioritize hearing on Sengar's appeal concerning suspension of sentence amid ong...
Supreme Court Directs UPSC to Expedite Appointment of Telangana DGP
UPSC Granted Additional Time to Convene Empanelment Committee Meeting as per Prakash Singh Mandate...
Supreme Court Upholds NBCC's Role in Completing Supertech's Incomplete Housing Projects
Apex Court prioritizes home buyers' interests and mandates NBCC to expedite completion of 16 pending residential project...
Supreme Court Upholds Malur Constituency Election; Orders Recount Confirms Majority
High Court's Decision for Recount Upheld, But Election Result Remains Unchanged; District Election Officer Escapes Actio...
SC grants bail to film maker Vikram Bhatt, wife in cheating case
Vikram Bhatt was arrested after Murdia filed a complaint of cheating and criminal breach of trust against the filmmaker,...
SC refuses to pass any order related to Adani Group's proposed thermal power plant in UP
A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said it is not going to p...
'Will not allow anyone to touch Aravalli', says SC; refuses nod for Haryana's Zoo Safari plan
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said that the issue of jungle safa...
Submit revised proposal for appointment of DGP within seven days: SC to Tamil Nadu
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said the UPSC would make i...
No ban on felling of dry and rotten khair trees on private land in Himachal: SC clarifies
Khair trees (Senegalia catechu), valued for producing ‘kattha’ (catechu) used in paan, and high-quality timber, are foun...
Disability pension not ex gratia payment dependent on grace of State: SC
"Pension, as authoritatively settled by this court, is neither a bounty nor an ex gratia payment dependent upon the grac...
After Sonam Wangchuk's detention, violence in Leh came under control: Centre to SC
Additional Solicitor General K M Nataraj, appearing for the Centre, told a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P B Varal...
Endeavour should be to minimise scope of committing any mistake, says SC
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi cautioned that a message s...
SC refuses to entertain Karnataka MLA's plea against HC order denying him anticipatory bail
The bench said the court should be "extremely circumspect" while considering an anticipatory bail application in a murde...
RERA doing nothing except facilitating defaulting builders: SC
The CJI asked, "What is the logic of having a retired bureaucrat? How he will be able to help in developing Palampur. Yo...
SC refuses to entertain plea against puja at Ladle Mashak Dargah on Mahashivaratri
The shrine, associated with a 14th-century Sufi saint and the 15th-century Hindu saint, has historically been a shared p...
You can't denigrate section of society by such title: SC raps Neeraj Pandey on 'Ghooskhor Pandat'
The plea alleged that the movie title and storyline are prima facie offensive and derogatory, which portray the Brahmin ...
You can't denigrate section of society by such title: SC raps Neeraj Pandey on 'Ghooskhor Pandat'
A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan issued notices to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Cent...
SC refuses to entertain Jairam Ramesh's plea on retrospective environmental clearances
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi questioned how can the petitioner seek a review of its e...
Reserved Forests - Procedure for removal of unauthorised encroachments from reserved forests established
Supreme Court Mandates Fair Process for Eviction from Assam's Reserved Forests, Balancing Environmental Protection and R...
Right to Fair Compensation Section 74 does not bar the application of Section 5 of the Limitation Act
Supreme Court Upholds Applicability of Section 5 of Limitation Act to Appeals under Section 74 of the Land Acquisition A...
Arbitration proceedings held during the moratorium period under Section 14 of the IBC cannot be declared as nullity
Supreme Court Overturns Bombay High Court's Nullification of Arbitration Proceedings, Apex Court Affirms Validity of Tra...
SCST Act - Appellate court must balance protection under SCST Act and prevent its misuse.
Supreme Court Quashes SCST Act Charges Against Dr. Anand Rai, Supreme Court finds insufficient evidence to support caste...
Mandatory for accused to disclose criminal antecedents while seeking bail: SC
A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R Mahadevan said an accused or applicant seeking bail is under a solemn obl...
SC invokes Article 142, asks HCs to take over consumer cases in states with low pendency
Article 142 of the Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to pass any order necessary for doing "complete justice" in a...
SC declines to restrain Zydus from selling biosimilar of cancer drug Nivolumab
"You can be adequately compensated at any stage. See, the ones who need this medicine will not be able to get yours," th...
SC asks NIA to file report in Calcutta HC on invoking UAPA in case linked to Murshidabad violence
Disposing of an appeal of the West Bengal government, a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya B...
SC asks Centre to file report on procedural protocol followed in Air India plane crash probe
The court was hearing three petitions filed by an NGO, a law student and the father of the deceased pilot, seeking an in...
Court's process can become punishment if responsibility not exercised with care: SC
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal and advocate Sumeer Sodhi appeared for Rai, an ophthalmologist from Madhya Pradesh and one o...
SC pulls up woman lawyer for language used in FB post, asks her to move HC
The bench said the language was the most derogatory of a woman and asked how can a woman write like this against another...
Nothing alarming in Wangchuk's condition, can't release him on health grounds: Centre tells SC
Nataraj stated that Wangchuk referred to the violent agitation in Nepal and said the same thing can happen in India....
SC agrees to hear judicial officer's plea against critical remarks made by HC
Article 142 of the Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to pass any decree or order as is "necessary for doing comple...
SC agrees to list another plea against Assam CM for alleged hate speeches
On Tuesday, a bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant had agreed to list for hearing a separate plea of Communist Party...
SC dismisses plea alleging absence of mechanism to make people aware of TDS obligation
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta refused to entertain the plea that had claimed that honest purchasers ...
2007 Rampur CRPF camp terror attack case: SC agrees to hear UP's plea against HC order
The high court had set aside a trial court order that awarded capital punishment to four persons and life imprisonment t...